| CAMERON | Surname that links a former Conservative Party leader to the director of The Abyss and Avatar (7) |
| REVELATORY | Conservative Party leader to appear up front? That's enlightening (10) |
| SOVEREIGN | What word links a former British coin nominally worth one pound with a term for a supreme ruler? (9) |
| ERIN | Former Conservative Party leader O'Toole |
| CIA | Group that reports to the Director of National Intelligence: Abbr. |
| NICHOLSON | Baroness Emma _, life peer appointed in 1997; a former Conservative and Liberal Democrat MP (9) |
| MODEM | A piece of equipment that links a computer to the telephone system to connect to the internet (5) |
| STROKE | Real or figurative motion that links a genius, a golfer, a lucky person, a painter, a rower and a swimmer (6) |
| RELATIVE | ____ pronoun, a word e.g. 'who' that links a subordinate to a main clause (8) |
| WARSI | Sayeeda, Baroness ___, former Conservative Party co-chair (5) |
| CAMPION | Pinky-red flower of meadows, country lanes, hedgerows and woodlands from spring to early autumn; or, the director of The Piano and Top of the Lake (7) |
| PUTTERS | They?re essential for Green Party of course, as party leader to speak on safety first (7) |
| HOWARDS | EM Forster novel that led to 11's election as Conservative party leader? (7,3) |
| BERGMAN | Surname that links actress Ingrid and director Ingmar (7) |
| CAPALDI | Surname that links actor Peter and musician Lewis (7) |
| IGNORES | Takes no notice of Italian ladies sending leader to the south (7) |
| SALDANA | Guardians of the Galaxy and Avatar actress, Zoe ___ (7) |
| KRISHNA | "Black, blue, dark" charioteering flute-playing peacock-plumed Hindu deity and avatar of Vishnu, whose tale is told in the Mahabharata (7) |
| SRIDEVI | Talented actress who called 'Mr India' her best film due to the director's influence in bringing out her acting abilities. (7) |
| LOCK | Word that nominally links a canal feature, a fastening with a key, a tress and a wrestler's hold from which an opponent struggles to break free (4) |
